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ANAHEIM, CALIF (February 10, 2019) – A 47 year old La Mirada woman was arrested for suspicion of Gross Vehicular Manslaughter while Intoxicated and Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol/Drugs Causing Bodily Injury after a late night collision in Anaheim. Stefanie Lyn Bieser was booked at the Anaheim Detention Facility on the statutorily established bail of $100,000.

At 11:04 pm Saturday night, APD officers were called to an auto versus pedestrian collision on Disneyland Drive north of Katella Avenue. Preliminary investigation revealed Bieser was driving a 2007 Chrysler PT Cruiser northbound on Disneyland Drive when she jumped the curb and struck the victim, as well as a utility box and a tree.

The victim, a 54 year old resident of Fresno was walking southbound on the east sidewalk of Disneyland Drive when he was struck. The victim suffered major injuries and was transported to UCI Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased.

On Jan. 29, 2019, at 1:55 p.m., Diciolli left his group home located at the 200 block of Joann Street, Costa Mesa, after his cell phone was taken away. Diciolli was last seen that day at about 3:53 p.m., at Costa Mesa High School. Diciolli is a chronic runaway and in the past has been recovered in Anaheim.

If you have any information on Diciolli’s whereabouts, please contact CMPD Detective David Sevilla, at 714-754-5360.

(January 30, 2019) – Anaheim Police homicide detectives have arrested three suspects in connection with the September shooting death of a 36-year-old Placentia resident, clearing the city’s last 2018 unsolved homicide.

Around 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, September 29, 2018, officers were dispatched to a cul-de-sac in the 1200 block of North Sunshine Way regarding a dead man found near a trash dumpster enclosure. Thedecedent, Julio Cesar Munoz, had a single gunshot wound to hishead.

Homicide detectives determined that the shooting hadoccurred just after midnight in the cul-de-sac during a “factoryparty.”

Factory parties are held at various locations throughout the region on a revolving basis and are often staged in industrial areas where guests park their cars and participate in illicit activities, including the inhalation of nitrous oxide, also known as “nos.”

Over the course of the past four months, detectives interviewed dozens of witnesses, reviewed video footage and authored approximately 20 search warrants before identifying Larry Robert Douglass II, 19, of Artesia, Johnathan Michael Rowe, 19, of Santa Ana, and Zachary Jay Goemaat, 19, of Santa Ana, as suspects in this case. Douglass and Rowe were arrested yesterday without incident. Goemaat was arrested today without incident.

All three suspects were booked into the Anaheim Detention Facility for murder before being transferred to Orange County Jail where theyare being held in lieu of $1 million bail.

Detectives are not releasing details about possible motives, but theydo not believe the killing was gang motivated. The Orange CountyDistrict Attorney’s office will review the investigation to determinewhat charges may be alleged.

The Anaheim Police Department investigated seven homicides in2018, all of which have now been cleared by arrest.

“We treat every murder investigation with the same sense of dutyand urgency,” APD homicide Sgt. Jeff Mundy said. “Our detectivesdoggedly work these cases until every lead is exhausted, regardlessof how long it takes. We are happy to finally bring closure to Mr.Munoz’s family.”

Anaheim Police detectives have arrested Joshua Robert Dalton, 28, of Anaheim, after he was identified as the suspect on a video that showed him climbing on the hood of a woman’s vehicle and smashing her windshield with his fist. Dalton was arrested around 1:30 p.m. today without incident near his residence.

He was booked into the Anaheim Detention Facility for felony vandalism and is being held in lieu of $20,000 bail.

At about 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, the victim, a 34-year-old Anaheim woman, was driving in the area of State College Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue when she noticed a white Jeep Liberty following her and driving erratically.

The driver of the Jeep drove in front of the victim’s vehicle and forced her to stop. At that point, the driver got out of the Jeep, climbed on the hood of the victim’s car and smashed her front windshield with his fist before returning to his Jeep and driving away.

The victim notified police immediately and reported that she had never seen the suspect before and that the incident was unprovoked. The victim was in her vehicle with a male friend, 49, and her two children, ages 12 and 13. No one was injured during the incident. The victim’s hood was dented and her windshield was shattered, causing an estimated $1,200 in damage. The victim video recorded the incident from inside her vehicle and posted the recording on social media.

ANAHEIM, CALIF (January 24, 2019) – Anaheim Police detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who climbed on the hood of a woman’s vehicle and smashed her windshield with his fist at the culmination of an apparent road rage incident.

At about 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, the victim, a 34-year-old Anaheim woman, was driving in the area of State College Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue when she noticed a white Jeep Liberty or Cherokee following her and driving erratically. The driver of the Jeep drove in front of the victim’s vehicle and forced her to stop.

At that point, the driver got out of the Jeep, climbed on the hood of the victim’s car and smashed her front windshield with his fist before returning to his Jeep and driving away.

The victim notified police immediately and reported that she had never seen the suspect before and that the incident was unprovoked.

The victim was in her vehicle with a male friend, 49, and her two children, ages 12 and 13. No one was injured during the incident.

The victim’s hood was dented and her windshield was shattered, causing an estimated $1,200 in damage.

The victim video recorded the incident from inside her vehicle and posted the recording on social media.

No arrests have been made and the suspect has not yet been identified. He is described as a heavyset white male who is approximately 40 years old with strawberry blonde hair that is partially balding, and a full beard.

Detectives have released two still images of the suspect and his vehicle and are asking anyone with information to call 714765-1900, or Crime Stoppers at 855-TIP-OCCS or www.occrimestoppers.org. Police will not be releasing any 911 calls or video evidence.

When officers arrived, they found Charlie Uriostegui, a 24year-old Anaheim resident, suffering from at least one gunshot wound. Uriostegui was obviously deceased and the investigation revealed he had been shot in the west alley around 2:30 a.m.

No arrests have been made and the shooting is believed to be gang-related. Homicide detectives are urging anyone with information to call 714-765-1900, or Crime Stoppers at 855-TIP-OCCS or www.occrimestoppers.org.

ANAHEIM, CALIF (January 21, 2019) – Anaheim Police arrested a 29-year-old transient for commercial burglary and vandalism after he was found inside a local bank attempting to open offices, drawers and a vault.

Around 2 p.m. today, officers responded to Bank of America, 1818 S. Euclid St., which was closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. An employee monitoring a live video feed inside the bank notified police that a man was inside. When officers arrived, they discovered the front door of the bank had been forced open.

Before police arrived, several customers came inside the bank because Bautista had left the front door open. All of the customers were able to leave the bank and no one was injured. There were no employees in the bank at the time of the burglary.

Burglary detectives are conducting a follow-up investigation and would like to speak to anyone who may have come inside the bank this afternoon during the burglary. Anyone with information is urged to call 714-765-1900, or Crime Stoppers at 855-TIP-OCCS or www.occrimestoppers.org.

Bautista was booked into the Anaheim Detention Facility and hisbail was set at $20,000. His booking photo is below:

On August 30, 1987, a passerby discovered the skeletonized remains of a female in a grassy area about 50 feet from Santa Ana Canyon Road, a half-mile west of Gypsum Canyon Road in unincorporated Anaheim. The only items recovered near the body were a red handkerchief and a length of cord.

An anthropological examination of the remains confirmed the woman had been stabbed in the torso and her hands had been cut off. At the time the remains were discovered, experts estimated the body had been in the area approximately two months.

After an extensive investigation, which included the first-ever clay model facial reconstruction in Orange County history and periodic reviews of the case over the years, the case went cold and the victim could not be identified.

In May 2005, the California Department of Justice Bureau of Forensic Services was able to extract a DNA profile for the victim, which was uploaded to the California Missing Person’s Database and the National Unidentified Person’s DNA Index. Over the years, her DNA profile was compared to several possible subjects in an attempt to identify the victim, with no results.

In January 2017, an OCSD Investigator assigned to the Orange County Cold Case Homicide Task Force reviewed the case and worked in partnership with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Coroner Division, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the National Missing and Unidentified Person System (NamUs), to develop several new likenesses of the victim. Those images were publicly released, but the victim remained unidentified.

With new breakthroughs in investigative genealogy techniques, Sheriff’s investigators in August 2018 partnered with the nonprofit DNA Doe Project in an attempt to identify the victim. The DNA Doe Project is a volunteer-run, forensic genealogy organization that has made six positive identifications of Jane and John Doe subjects since its inception in 2017.

The DNA Doe Project on November 14, 2018 tentatively identified the victim. DNA believed to be from a family member was submitted to the California Department of Justice (CalDOJ) and matched to the victim. CalDOJ submitted their results to the OCSD Coroner Division for identity confirmation. Using forensic odontology, the Coroner Division confirmed on January 15 the victim to be 20-year-old Tracey Coreen Hobson, who was living in Anaheim at the time she disappeared.

“Forensic genealogy has provided a new tool for investigators to work cases from a different angle to bring closure to families,” Sheriff Don Barnes said. “We will never stop investigating these types of cases and seeking justice for victims of crime.”

Family members have been notified and the Sheriff’s Department will now turn its focus to investigating the homicide case. Anyone with information related to this case is encouraged to contact Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS or crimestoppers.org.

ANAHEIM, CALIF (January 15, 2019) – Anaheim Police Sexual Assaultdetectives have released a composite sketch of the man theybelieve assaulted at least three teenage girls since late last weeknear Savanna High School, 301 N. Gilbert St. The most recent assaultoccurred Monday morning in the 2300 block of West LincolnAvenue.

In each of the incidents, the suspect surprised the victims byapproaching from behind and grabbing their buttocks and breasts,then ran from the scene. All of the assaults occurred in the morningwhile the victims were walking to school.

The suspect is an unshaven Hispanic male in his 20s or 30s, between5 feet 3 inches and 5 feet 6 inches tall, with a thin build, short blackhair and a mustache. The composite sketch is attached below.

The Anaheim Police Department is collaborating with the AnaheimUnion High School District to ensure the safety and well-being of allstudents. Police are reminding students and parents to be aware oftheir surroundings when walking to and from school, and to reportsuspicious people immediately by calling 9-1-1.

Anyone with non-emergency information is urged to contact theAnaheim Police Department at 714-765-1900 or Crime Stoppers at855-TIP-OCCS or www.occrimestoppers.org.

ANAHEIM, CALIF (January 14, 2019) – Anaheim Police Sexual Assault detectives and Safe Schools investigators are investigating several sexual batteries that have occurred since late last week on weekday mornings in the area of Savanna High School, 301 N. Gilbert Street.

The most recent attack occurred this morning in the 2800 block of West Lincoln Avenue.

In each of the incidents, female juvenile victims were walking to school when they were accosted by a suspect described as an unshaven Hispanic male in his 20s or 30s, between 5 feet 3 inches and 5 feet 6 inches tall, with a thin build and short hair.

The suspect approached each of the victims from behind and grabbed them, then ran away.

The Anaheim Police Department is collaborating with the Anaheim Union High School District to ensure the safety and well-being of all students.

Police are reminding students and parents to be aware of their surroundings when walking to and from school, and to report suspicious people immediately by calling 9-1-1.

Anyone with non-emergency information is urged to contact the Anaheim Police Department at 714-765-1900 or Crime Stoppers at 855-TIP-OCCS or www.occrimestoppers.org.